Boehner open to extending unemployment benefits — Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) remains open to an extension of emergency unemployment benefits even in the face of growing conservative opposition to such a move. — The Ohio Republican maintains the position he expressed last month that Republicans would …

Romney accepts MSNBC apology — Mitt Romney said Sunday that he's forgiven MSNBC after a host and other panelists on the network made comments about his adopted black grandchild. — Speaking on “Fox News Sunday,” the former Republican presidential candidate said he accepted the apology …

Romney to make rare Sunday appearance — Mitt Romney, the most recent GOP nominee for president, is scheduled to make a rare Sunday show appearance this week in the wake of a cable news controversy surrounding a photo of one of his grandsons. — Romney, the former Massachusetts governor …

Power Vacuum in Middle East Lifts Militants — BEIRUT, Lebanon — The images of recent days have an eerie familiarity, as if the horrors of the past decade were being played back: masked gunmen recapturing the Iraqi cities of Falluja and Ramadi, where so many American soldiers died fighting them.

Romney Wishes He Could ‘Turn Back The Clock’ — Former GOP presidential candidate and Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney on Sunday said he wished he could go back in time while discussing Obamacare. — “I don't know. I wish I could go back and turn back the clock and take another try,” …

Dems seize on income inequality for 2014 — Democrats aren't wasting any time tackling an issue they are convinced will help them this election year: income inequality. — One of the Senate's first votes upon returning to Washington from its holiday break Monday will be on a bill reviving …

Banished for Questioning the Gospel of Guns — BARRY, Ill. — The byline of Dick Metcalf, one of the country's pre-eminent gun journalists, has gone missing. It has been removed from Guns & Ammo magazine, where his widely-read column once ran on the back page. He no longer stars on a popular television show about firearms.

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